Reacties (3)

1. Simone op Woensdag 14 oktober 2009 19.27

Eveneens genomineerd in deze categorie, en dus het vermelden zeker waard,: Foam International Photography Magazine.

2. Roy op Zaterdag 17 oktober 2009 11.29

Wellicht ook handig om het commentaar op PDN Pulse blog + deze vermelding op PhotoQ van Peter Bas te vermelden. Hierbij: GUP (Guide to Unique Photography) magazine is born out of love for photography, 4 years ago. In shops we couldn’t find an affordable, high-quality publication on (art)photography in which the creative mind of (art)photographers was key. Ever since we have been making, publishing and distributing the magazine in our spare time, without making a dime. We can only do this because we have the support of numerous volunteers, journalists, renowned museums and galleries, media and of course a whole lot of photographers from around the globe. We closely work together with photographers featured and always get their full permission and will always run full courtesies, website addresses and any additional information necessary. Selections are determined in close collaboration with the artists involved. It’s a joyful process, the entire magazine is one big positive work about (art)photography and (art)photographers. As far as copyright is concerned for the section in our magazine called ‘bkmrks’ we go by Dutch laws, in this case it’s called ‘citaatrecht’ and basically works the same way as US ‘fair use’. It means the law allows us to run up to two (small-sized) photos with a review of the photographers website. (For the ones that haven’t seen the magazines-section, the photos dimensions are ±5×5cm max.) Our lithographer easily scales (bigger 72dpi) photos down to 254dpi without quality loss, as you can see in the magazine. The idea behind the ‘bkmrks’ section is to promote/advertise (art)photographers and their websites. According to a recent subscribers research 72% of our readers love this section and, since 3 issues, we expanded it from 2 to 4 pages (from ±10 to 15 featured photographers). Everybody seems to love it and photographers involved have sent e-mails of gratitude, even though we’re only a messenger (it’s their own achievement)...

3. Royr op Zaterdag 17 oktober 2009 11.31

deel 2 As far as contacting photographers is concerned for this section, I must say my remark that this is “too complicated” was a clumsy one. I apologize for this, although it’s not as easy nor as black and white as some of the comments seem to state. We normally try to let photographers know they have been featured in the ‘bkmrks’ section and send them a pdf-file or magazine upon request. (In Ben’s case he beat us and contacted us before we contacted him.) Future-wise we will do our utmost best to try and contact photographers before we will run a small, but always positive, review about their website. Peter Bas Mensink Chief Editor GUP Magazine